I’ve been using this for a few days: Hemingway app shows you ‘on the fly’ how many passive voice sentences, adverbs, complicated sentences etc. you are writing – like a highlighted Fleish-Kincaid test for readability.
There’s a web version, and for $5.00 there’s a desktop app for Mac OS and PC
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This is a wonderful thing! Think I’ll buy it — I love it.
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So what are your stats like David?
Are you surprised at the tally or the results in line with what you anticipated?
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That’s a good question.
About a year ago I started reading books on copy writing.
One writer suggested this tool, and I’ve been using it.
https://readability-score.com
It doesn’t tell you why your readability grade is low or high, but it doesn’t take much tweaking to work it out.
And I had the benefit of having read books on copy writing.
I don’t think it destroys style – though it could. And sometimes I would make a change and then decide not to follow it.
Over all, I think it has helped me make my copy more direct.
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It’s interesting, but I found the “Aim for a Grade Level less than 10 for bold, clear writing” a bit disconcerting.
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I see what you mean. I don’t mind it – maybe because I have a tendency to make long sentences if not warned. 🙂
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